taquine
French, noun
taquine is spelled T-A-Q-U-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taquine is a French feminine noun meaning “tease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of taquiner. With an accent, taquiné is a different word: “past participle of taquiner”.
What does taquine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetease
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of taquin
verb
- 1
past participle of taquiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de Mesmay, commune française située dans le département du Doubs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of taquine
- taquines plural
- taquinée feminine
- taquinés masculine plural
- taquinées feminine plural
- Taquines plural
- Taquin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is taquine in French?
taquine appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).